मेला

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀕 (melaga), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meː.lɑː/

Noun

मेला • (melā) m

festival, fair
उसी गाँव में साल में चार बार बड़ा मेला होता है।
usī gā̃v mẽ sāl mẽ cār bār baṛā melā hotā hai.
In that very village a great festival takes place four times per year.

Synonyms: उत्सव (utsav), त्यौहार (tyauhār)
(Hinduism) mela (the Hindu religious festival)

Declension

Declension of मेला
	Singular	Plural
Direct	मेला (melā)	मेले (mele)
Oblique	मेले (mele)	मेलों (melõ)
Vocative	मेले (mele)	मेलो (melo)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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